let currentChar = 0;

let lines = [];

let dataPoems;

let poemPrinted = false;

let magazineFont;

let fancyPrinted = false;

let magazineLine;

​

function preload() {

  myPoem = loadStrings('poem.txt'); 

  dataPoems = loadStrings('poems.txt'); //database of poems

  magazineFont = loadFont('Magazine-Cutouts-Font.ttf');

}

function setup() {

  createCanvas(600, 600);

  //importing font

  textFont('Courier New');

  lines = myPoem;//perserving the line by line 

  //version of my poem for random word selection

  myPoem = myPoem.join('\n'); //making one big string for 

  //substring to work

}

function draw() {

  if (!poemPrinted) { //

    frameRate(12); //looks like typing speed

    background(250); //reset each time so letters dont get thick

    let textHeight = 50; 

    let currentString = myPoem.substring(0, currentChar);

    //adding one leter at a time to printed poem string 

    text(currentString, 50, textHeight, width, height);

    currentChar++; //moving through each char in megastring

    if (currentChar > myPoem.length) {

      //poem printing complete

      //without this, random database poem gets generated 

      //a bunch of times

      poemPrinted = true;

      randomWord();

    }

  } else if (magazineLine !== '') {

    background(250);

    textFont(magazineFont, 25);

    //textAlign(CENTER, CENTER);

    text(magazineLine, 50, 250, width-40, height);

  }

}

function randomWord() {

  let randLine = lines[int(random(0,23))]; //choose a line from my poem

  let words = split(randLine, ' '); //make each word

  //an element in an array

  let chosenWord = words[int(random(0, words.length))];

  //choosing a random word from the random line 

  wordInData(chosenWord); //find it in the data set

}

function wordInData(chosenWord) {

  let attempts = 0; //preventing max stack call error

  while (attempts < 1000) {

    let randomDataLine = dataPoems[int(random(0,dataPoems.length))];

    let words = split(randomDataLine, ' ');

    //doing the same thing from my poem

    if (words.includes(chosenWord)) { //if random word is found

      magazineLine = randomDataLine;

      return; //stops the function from continue 

    }

    attempts++;

  }

  // If no match found after maxAttempts, choose a random line

  // = random(dataPoems);

  randomWord();

}

function mouseClicked(){ //minimal interactivity 

  if (poemPrinted) { //so it doesnt interrupt first poem

    randomWord();

  }

}